Birthright Citizenship Debate Heats Up | San Antonio News

San Antonio News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 2, 2026 · 1m

Senator Mike Lee is sounding the alarm over birthright citizenship, calling the Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 ruling “suicidal” — arguing the Fourteenth Amendment was never meant to grant automatic citizenship to everyone born on U.S. soil. While the Court reaffirmed the longstanding interpretation that birth on American soil equals citizenship — a principle rooted in post-Civil War ideals of equal rights — Lee and other Republicans claim the framers never intended such a sweeping outcome, warning it’s a “suicide pact” for the nation’s future. The debate is now heating up between legal tradition…